It wasn’t the highest-profile race in last week’s US primary elections, but experts have said it was one of the most significant.Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who grabbed national attention by clashing publicly with former President Donald Trump, beat Representative Jody Hice in the Republican primary by a resounding margin – 52 percent to 33 percent.Raffensperger drew Trump’s scorn in January 2021 after refusing his request to “find 11,780 votes” to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia. Trump subsequently endorsed the candidacy of Hice, who voted against certifying the 2020 election results and spread unfounded accusations of voter fraud.
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